The girl band pays tribute to the X Factor-winning group, made up of South Shields girls Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall, and Jesy Nelson and Leigh-Anne Pinnock.

The London-based foursome – Shannan Cairns, Jodie Duckworth, Hannah Sewell and Roxie Carey – are currently in rehearsals and setting off on a tour of their own.

Shannan is the group’s Perrie.

The 22-year-old, from Tipperary, Ireland, said: “We all went along to audition for the band. I wanted to do it because I’ve been a big fan of Little Mix right from the start. Little Mix are huge at the minute, they’re everywhere, so it’s a really fun time for us to be doing this.

“It’s still all really new, we launched our band on the first day of their Get Weird tour and we’ve had a really good response so far.

“We’re working so hard in rehearsals, watching the girls and learning their choreography and harmonies.

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“Perrie has such a unique and powerful voice, so I’ve been working on my singing really hard.”

“They’ve got such a huge and devoted fan base that they’d spot if we did something wrong so we have to be careful, but we’re having so much fun too. Little Mix are all really close friends and we are too.

“We can’t wait to go out on tour. Little Mix are so popular that unfortunately some fans miss out on the chance to see them, so they can come to see us instead.”